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Ask the Experts on Central Venous Pressure Catheters

There are many indications for the use of CVP catheters in the ICU. The most common include: 1. Vascular access: Many patients in the ICU are edematous, and peripheral vascular access may be difficult ...
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Hematologic Patients' Clinical and Psychosocial Experiences with Implanted Long-term Central Venous Catheter: Self-management versus Professionally Controlled Care

Background: A significant decrease in catheter-related infections was demonstrated in our earlier randomized controlled trial of central venous catheter (CVC) care in hematologic patients. Objective: ...
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Long-Term Central Venous Catheter Use and Risk of Infection in Older Adults With Cancer

Predictive Value of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Classification of Lung Adenocarcinoma in Tumor Recurrence and ...
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Central venous catheter practice patterns for dialysis access vary by patient sex, race

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Using data from the US Renal Data System, researchers identified 74,194 Medicare-eligible patients who initiated ...
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Platelet Transfusion before CVC Placement in Patients with Thrombocytopenia

Transfusion guidelines regarding platelet-count thresholds before the placement of a central venous catheter (CVC) offer conflicting recommendations because of a lack of good-quality evidence. The ...